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Committee reappoints local trustees and fills mental-health board seats; multiple resolutions approved by voice vote

2482637 · March 4, 2025
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Summary

The LaSalle County committee approved multiple reappointments to fire protection districts, cemetery trustees and two appointments to the county 708 mental health board. All resolutions were adopted by voice vote; recorded tallies were not specified in the transcript.

The LaSalle County Committee on Appointments and Legislation and Rules approved a series of appointments and reappointments to local boards and districts at its March 3, 2025 meeting. The committee approved reappointments to rural fire protection districts, cemetery trustees and two citizen appointments to the LaSalle County 708 mental health board.

The committee approved a resolution reappointing Dennis D. Tomaszewski as trustee of the Dimock/Peru Rural Fire Protection District to a three-year term beginning May 5, 2025 and expiring May 5, 2028 (the transcript contained a clerical date correction that was noted at the meeting). Ray Gadsa moved the amended resolution and Gary Small seconded; the motion passed on a voice vote.

The committee reappointed trustees to the Waltham Cemetery Association for six-year terms (terms listed as expiring June 30, 2030): Thomas Small, Bruce Brown, Steve Wilson, Albert Hagenbach, Steven Finley, Nancy Wilson Clemons and David Christopher. A motion to approve was made and seconded and passed by voice vote.

Other reappointments approved by voice vote included a three-year reappointment of Keith (last name recorded in transcript as "Alcoons") as trustee of the Winona Fire Protection District (term beginning April 1, 2025, expiring March 31, 2028) and a three-year reappointment of Thomas E. Metzke as trustee of the Redding Community Fire Protection District starting May 5, 2025 and expiring May 1, 2028.

The committee also appointed Bonnie Campbell and Diana Schuler as citizens-at-large to the LaSalle County 708 Mental Health Board for four-year terms expiring November 30, 2029 (the transcript noted a clerical year error in the draft and corrected it during discussion). The motion to appoint was moved and seconded and passed by voice vote.

All motions were adopted by voice vote; the transcript records the chairman calling for "aye" and the committee answering in the affirmative. The transcript did not supply roll-call vote tallies for these resolutions.